Classical

Last night was one of those evenings that makes me happy to live in New York. After a frustrating day spent waiting four hours for a mover to come take

On my way home from watching Gustavo Dudamel’s debut last night with the New York Philharmonic, I found myself unexpectedly depressed. Not because his performance wasn’t thrilling, or didn’t live

For all you night owls out there, WNYC (93.9 FM) is presenting an Overnight Music Ring cycle, with tonight bringing the third of the four operas, Siegfried. (If you’re not

The first time I met Simon Rattle was on a snowy January night in 2003, in the backstage area of the Musikverein in Vienna, where he had just conducted the

In New York, we are fortunate to have the best musicians in the world – classical, pop, electronic, whatever – come visit on a regular basis. Sometimes, it’s easy to

"The (Berlin Philharmonic's) standard of playing at all times, whether it'll be in a Primary school classroom or in the Philharmonie, is absolutely fantastic. And when you go off into

For all those who aren’t able to make it to the BPO’s bi-annual concerts at Carnegie this week (yes, they do come every other year, not just when Carnegie decides

A major event took place at Carnegie Hall last night, and the music world turned out in force, filling Stern Hall to capacity. Every New York critic was in the